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Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

Ricky started drinking alcohol early on in life and joined the Marines after high school. Ricky never talked to anyone about his internal struggles and used alcohol to numb the pain.

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

Brad McLeod

Mental Health, Alternative Health, Sobriety, Sober, Education, Quit Drinking, Alcohol Free, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ricky started drinking early on in life and it just became the norm. Everyone around Ricky was always drinking and for years it never seemed like a problem. Ricky joined the Marines after high school and would experience several traumatic events and decided to quit drinking for a year but slowly got back into drinking. Ricky never asked for help and struggled in silence for many many years. One day Ricky describes it has something clicked in his head and he knew things had to change. Ricky was still drunk and logged on the Instagram in search of help. This is Ricky's story on the sober motivation podcast.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to season two of the Subur Motivation Podcast.

0:03.9

Join me, Brad, each week is my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories.

0:09.4

We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time.

0:13.8

Let's go.

0:16.5

Ricky started drinking early on in life, and it just became the norm.

0:21.3

Everyone around Ricky was always drinking, and for years, it never seemed like a problem.

0:27.0

Ricky joined the Marines after high school and would experience several traumatic events

0:30.9

and decided to quit drinking for a year, but slowly got back into drinking.

0:36.4

Ricky never asked for help and struggled in silence for many, many years.

0:41.5

One day, Ricky said something clicked in his head,

0:46.1

and he knew things had to change.

0:48.7

Ricky was still drunk and logged on to Instagram in search of some help.

0:53.3

This is Ricky's story on the Sober Motivation

0:56.0

podcast. The Sober Buddy app. This community is one of the most supportive I've ever seen.

1:01.4

Starting with the meeting hosts who lead with support, kindness, and understanding when someone

1:05.9

follows the community rallies to help support and encourage. People from all different countries who show up as strangers leave us friends.

1:14.5

It is a true example of community and connection.

1:17.5

What makes sober buddies special is everyone is working on the same mission.

1:21.6

To get another day sober, so we can live our best lives and to provide a safe place,

1:27.4

so no one feels they have to do it

1:29.0

alone. Come and check us out on the Sober Buddy app, your Sober Buddy.com or your favorite app store,

1:35.2

and join me for one or all three of my support groups I host per week inside of the app.

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